UPCOMING SCHEDULE (All times Central)
Saturday, March 29
11:00 a.m. | Wooster at Illinois Wesleyan
1:00 p.m. | Carroll at #22 Chicago
4:00 p.m. | Calvin at Carthage
Wednesday, April 2
4:00 p.m. | North Central at Calvin
6:00 p.m. | Missouri Valley at Elmhurst
NATIONAL NOTABLES
Carroll senior
Grace Tumilty (Willowbrook, Ill.) is the Division III leader with 4.50 caused turnovers per game. Tumilty also ranks 14th nationally with 4.75 ground balls per game.
Carthage sophomore
August Claridge (Wheaton, Ill.) ranks fifth in Division III with 5.50 goals per game. Claridge also ranks fifth nationally with 9.00 shots on goal per game, eighth nationally with 10.75 shots per game and 16th nationally with 6.38 points per game.
North Central senior
Abby MacKenzie (Chilhowee, Mo.) ranks fifth in Division III with 8.88 draw controls per game.
North Central senior
Annelise Oster (Kansas City, Mo.) ranks 15th in Division III with a .667 shot percentage.
North Central freshman
Alyssa Rose (Royal Oak, Mich.) ranks 16th in Division III with a 6.75 goals-against average.
Carroll sophomore
Elizabeth Wang (Wildomar, Calif.) ranks 17th in Division III with 7.38 shots on goal per game. Wang also ranks 19th nationally with 9.50 shots per game.
Carthage sophomore
Kara Jaynes (Fishers, Ind.) ranks 22nd in Division III with a 7.31 goals-against average. Jaynes also ranks 22nd nationally with .538 save percentage.
AROUND THE CCIW
Augustana junior
Madison Langewisch (West Hills, Calif.) stuffed the stat sheet with six goals, three assists and nine draw controls in the Vikings’ 21-15 loss at Albion last Saturday. The six goals and nine points were new career highs for Langewisch, who remains the league’s sixth-leading scorer with 4.11 points per game. Augie (4-6) will be back in action next on Wednesday, April 9 in the CCIW opener versus Illinois Wesleyan at 6 p.m.
Carroll freshman
Abby Tubbs (Middleton, Wis.) gave the Pioneers four draw controls, a goal and an assist in their 11-7 loss to Wisconsin-La Crosse last Saturday. Tubbs – who ranks seventh in the conference with 4.25 draw controls per game – has had four draw controls or more in six of her first eight career games to go along with eight goals and eight assists. CU (6-2) visits 22nd-ranked Chicago on Saturday at 1 p.m.
Carthage sophomore
August Claridge (Wheaton, Ill.) continued her strong season last Saturday with seven goals and seven draw controls in a 17-11 loss at Lake Forest. Claridge has tallied four points or more in all eight of her starts this season to lead the league in goals per game (5.00) and points per game (6.38). Claridge also appears on the CCIW leaderboard with 2.13 caused turnovers per game (fourth) and 3.13 ground balls per game (sixth). The Firebirds (7-1) saw their season-opening seven-game win streak come to end last weekend but will try to start a new streak Saturday at home against Calvin at 4 p.m.
Elmhurst senior
Gracie Eastman (Austin, Texas) posted her second consecutive five-point game with three goals and two assists in the Bluejays’ 19-5 loss to Lewis & Clark last Sunday. Eastman has risen to second place on the CCIW scoring list with 4.88 points per game in 2025 and also has 5.38 draw controls per game – third-most in the conference. She is currently the only player in the league with at least 5.00 draw controls and 4.00 points per game. The Bluejays (5-3) will host NAIA Missouri Valley next Wednesday, April 2 at 6 p.m.
Illinois Wesleyan senior
Lizzie Rymarcsuk (Lake Zurich, Ill.) was selected CCIW Defensive Student-Athlete of the Week on Tuesday after notching 11 saves and limiting Wisconsin-Stevens Point to just six goals in the Titans’ 9-6 road win over the Pointers last Sunday. Rymarcsuk is the conference leader with 8.40 saves per game this season and also owns the CCIW’s fifth-highest saves percentage at .469. IWU (5-5) will be the home team Saturday in Bloomington at 11 a.m. against Wooster.
North Central freshman
Alyssa Rose (Royal Oak, Mich.) played the full 60 minutes for the first time in her career and notched a career-high nine saves to drive the Cardinals past Saint Mary’s (Ind.) on Wednesday, 13-9. Rose has four wins and owns the CCIW’s lowest goals-against average this season (6.75) among goalies with at least 300 minutes played. NCC (6-2) has won two of its last three games and will travel to Grand Rapids, Mich. next Wednesday, April 2 for a 4 p.m. CST game at Calvin.
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The College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) was founded in 1946 and currently services nine member institutions including Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.), Carroll University (Waukesha, Wis.), Carthage College (Kenosha, Wis.), Elmhurst University (Elmhurst, Ill.), Illinois Wesleyan University (Bloomington, Ill.), Millikin University (Decatur, Ill.), North Central College (Naperville, Ill.), North Park University (Chicago, Ill.) and Wheaton College (Wheaton, Ill.).